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He is a famous corrupt official in history, so how much money does he embezzle?
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, Hejun's home was raided. Hejun's net worth is 800 million taels of silver and hundreds of tons of gold, which translates into about 88 billion yuan today.
This does not include antique treasures, shops and properties that cannot be valued in money.
To talk about these antique treasures of Hejun, there is one that even Jiaqing does not dare to move, and it is still in Prince Gong's mansion.
What kind of baby is this? Why didn't even the Jiaqing Emperor dare to move?
Let's move into today's story!
1. Why can Hekan embezzle so much money?
He came from a particularly poor background, and he came from the bottom and understood that money was particularly important.
In such a feudal society, having money can make ghosts push and grind. This also laid the foundation for Hejun to embezzle so many gold and silver treasures later!
Although he was born in poverty, he was also very motivated to study hard and wrote well. And the image of Hejun himself is not like the image played by Mr. Wang Gang in "Iron Teeth Copper Teeth Ji Xiaolan". In reality, Wakan is a beautiful man who is famous far and wide.
He is also particularly good at handling interpersonal relationships, and likes to curry favor with his superiors and pat the emperor, which is even more effortless.
It is said that Helong looks seven or eight points similar to the Qianlong Emperor's concubine, and whenever the Qianlong Emperor sees Helong, he remembers his deceased concubine.
In addition, Helong was particularly good at swatting, and the Qianlong Emperor especially trusted and favored Helong, making him the prime minister for a time.
The prime minister is under one person and above ten thousand people. With the official position of prime minister, it is more convenient for Hejun to embezzle.
Hejun was even more favored by the emperor, lawless and unscrupulous.
Sometimes the treasures that foreign countries paid tribute to the emperor had to go through Hekan first, and if Helong liked it, he would first detain these treasures in his own palace, and then enshrine other treasures in the palace.
The mansion was built according to the specifications of the imperial palace, and bricks and tiles that were not allowed by ordinary people at that time could be used in the mansion of Hekan. It can be seen that the Qianlong Emperor loves Helong!
After Hejun's death, such a magnificent mansion naturally could not be left for other officials to live in, and eventually Hekan's mansion evolved into Prince Gong's mansion next to the Forbidden City.
Deeply favored by the emperor, others naturally did not dare to work against Hejun. Over time, more and more treasures have been accumulated in the Helong Mansion.
So what kind of treasures are hidden in Hekan's palace?
2. Treasures in Wakan Mansion
Let's talk about the treasure that Helong withheld from the Qianlong Emperor, and the jade of Hetian seed material sold Buddha.
Hetian jade was abundant in the Yunnan region, and the governor of Yungui at that time, in order to please the emperor, paid tribute to the emperor the jade Guanyin made of Hetian jade. The flawless Hetian jade seed material and the exquisite craftsmanship of the craftsmen make the whole Buddha statue look lifelike.
Moreover, this Buddha statue weighs more than 200 pounds, and the final Buddha statue is three feet six inches tall, which looks particularly spectacular. But the treasure that was supposed to reach the emperor passed through Hejun's hand first.
He is very fond of these protective things, and this Buddha statue is really rare! In the end, the jade Buddha statue presented by Governor Yungui was not seen by the Qianlong Emperor, but was played with by Helong for a lifetime.
He also has a particularly large dongzhu on his hand. In the past, pearl cultivation technology was not mature, and the pearls that could be obtained were basically wild.
Wild pearls are produced sparingly and in variable shapes. Being able to get big and round pearls is basically the love of heaven!
Dongzhu is a symbol of the royal family. There was such a picture in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Empress Yixiu wore a Dongzhu earring on her body from beginning to end, and it has not changed from the beginning of shooting to the finalization.
It is not because the queen is thrifty or because he has no other earrings, but because this Dongzhu can only be brought by the queen, and other concubines are not. It can be seen that Dongzhu has a noble status in the royal family!
But this Hejun has such a treasure! You can see the audacity of Wakan!
In addition, there is also a statue of Guanyin Stone left in the Hejun Mansion.
The statue resembles a woman holding a child. There were many concubines in Hejun's mansion, but these women gave birth to daughters, and Hejun never had a son.
The ancient people's thinking was that only with a son can they inherit the family business, and the son is much more important than the daughter! Therefore, Wakan also made a lot of efforts to seek a son.
In the end, under the guidance of the master, he brought this Guanyin Stone to his home!
It is still in the Guanyin Stone in Prince Gong's Mansion
Miraculously, shortly after the stone arrived home, Kazuki's wife gave birth to his only son, Feng Shen Yinde.
Feng Shen Yinde even married the emperor's daughters Gulun and Princess Xiao. It can be seen that this stone statue not only sent a beloved son to Hekan, but also brought boundless blessings to this child.
The treasure that is still left in Prince Gong's mansion is not only the Guanyin Stone, but also another stone that has a big origin, and even Jiaqing does not dare to move.
3. The story of the "Fuzi Stele"
The Qianlong Emperor was a high-lived emperor. He reigned for more than 60 years, and his body and bones are still tough.
In order not to steal the limelight from his grandfather the Kangxi Emperor, the Qianlong Emperor voluntarily abdicated to his son Jiaqing, and became a Taishang Emperor himself.
Although the Qianlong Emperor no longer cared about political matters, his honorable status was placed here after all, and even the Jiaqing Emperor, the Son of Heaven at that time, had to obey the Qianlong Emperor.
He is the emperor of Taishang, and he is still alive. But the relationship between the Jiaqing Emperor and Helong was very tense.
He Juan was even more a figure at the level of a senator, and often publicly called out the Jiaqing Emperor. The Qianlong Emperor was even more partial to Helong, which made the Jiaqing Emperor very helpless.
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, the Qianlong Emperor died. Hejun has no backers, and after so many years of corruption, it is natural to be liquidated. When the Jiaqing Emperor sent people to copy Hejun's family base, the people of the world were shocked by Helong's family base comparable to the national treasury.
Previously, the treasures and gold and silver that had been withheld by Wakan were transported into the treasury. But there was a treasure, but the ministers offered it to the Jiaqing Emperor, and stayed in Hejun's palace if they didn't move again.
This treasure is called the "Fuzi Stele". This treasure is a blessing character written by Kangxi himself during the Kangxi period.
At that time, Empress Xiaozhuang was critically ill, and many imperial doctors were helpless. Kangxi prayed to heaven every day to bless his grandmother with safety. In the end, under the guidance of others, this blessing tablet was written.
This world is truly wonderful! After this blessing tablet was written, Empress Xiaozhuang's illness was actually cured! Everyone sighed that this was a manifestation from heaven, and they wanted to put this tablet away like a treasure!
Hejun had also heard of this blessing stele at that time! I don't know what kind of method Hejun used to steal this piece of blessing stele from the inner courtyard of the palace and place it in his own mansion.
The Fuzi Monument may have a role, after all, he blessed Helong with a smooth ride for so many years, and the wealth he collected was even richer than the treasury.
It wasn't until Hejun was raided that this Fuzi stele, which had been missing for many years, reappeared. The Jiaqing Emperor wanted to connect this blessing stele to the harem, but was opposed by the minister!
"Your Majesty, you must not!"
"This Fuzi Monument has been defiled by Hekan! It would be very unlucky to bring it back to the palace! ”
Although this blessing tablet blessed He's life with a smooth ride, due to the huge amount of embezzlement in Hekan, he was eventually given death.
The Jiaqing Emperor thought about it, and finally obeyed the minister's arrangement and left this Fuzi stele in Prince Gong's mansion.
Historically, the evaluation of Hejun has been mixed. Some people believe that he should be punished in this way for robbing the people. Some people also think that although he loves money and corruption, he did not deal with delaying the right thing. The merit of Helong also exists in the prosperous era of Kang Qian!
What do you think of Wakan?!